Today’s Topic is: Five Favorite Races of All Time

This was quite a challenge.  Races that I’ve run well? Or races with friends? Or races with scenic courses? How do you choose?

Since I’ve done so many races, I’m going to divide my list into 5ks and Halfs.

Five Favorite 5Ks of All Time

1.Freihofer Run for Women (June)

It’s local, for women of all ages and abilities.  This year will my 17th time running it.

2. Bacon Hill Bonanza (April)

It’s rural and small but you get farm fresh chocolate milk at the end and you can win a homemade pie.

3. Bridge the Gap (February)

My most recent 5k. A spur of the moment Florida race on Singer Island…. a beautiful course with free breakfast/mimosas afterward.

4. Run for the Roses (August)

Another small rural race (with hills) … it raises money for the local library and you get a book and a rose.

5. Barn to Bridge (September)

It’s very local and downhill… and part of a fall festival so there’s great post race refreshments and many familiar faces.

Five Favorite Half Marathons of All Time

1.ZOOMA Bermuda

It was very hilly and my foot hurt, otherwise the course was beautiful (Feb. 2020 – need I say more?)

2. Naples News

My first!! And a scenic course in SW Florida plus my hubby came. (Jan. 2011)

3. West Palm Beach and EAU Palm Beach

A winter getaway to the Florida east coast… lovely views of the ocean and great weather. (Jan 2015 & Dec. 2015)

4. Steel Rail

Still my PR and a flat course in western MA… along a bike path with lakes on either side. (May 2018 & 2022)

5. Finger Lakes

A girls race-cation … run on a flat dirt trail near a famous waterfall in Western NYS. (Sept. 2023)

Happy Running! Which races are your favorites? Please share.

 

 

 

 

 

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